Hot-bed and other frames for plants



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J. A. TRAHTH HOT BED OTHER'PRAMBS POR PLANTS.

-N0. 282,242. Patented July 31. 1883.

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JOHN A. THAOHT, on GALION, OHIO.

HOT-BEDAND OTHER FRAMES `Fol-i PLANTS.4

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 282,242, dated July 31,1883.

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To all whom, t may concern:

I hold the frame together. This mode of secur- Be it known that I, JOHNA. TRAOHT, of ing the frame not only provides for increasing Galion, inthe county of Crawford and State v of Ohio, have invented certain newand usefulv Improvements in Hot-Bed and other Frames for Plants, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to frames for plants used for either hot or coldbeds; but it will suffice here to describe it simply as applied tohot-bed frames. Such frames are usually made of front, back, and endboards, all nailed or permanentlygsecured together to receive with inoron them a given number of glazed sashes. The invention consists in theknockdown frame, having 'its ends adjustable toward or p tially ashereinafter described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the iigures.

Figurel represents a plan of a hot-bed frame embodying my invention inpart, `and Fig. 2 an end view of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan,up on areduced scale, of a modified construction of a hotbed frame embodyingthe invention, and Fig. 4 is a face view of one of the end boards of theframe. y

In Figs. l and2 of the drawings, A indicates the back of the frame, andB its front, of less depth than the back to give to the frame itsnecessary pitch.

C C are thev ends of the frame, of varying depth to conform to thepitch, and tted loosely within the front and back boards, at anysuitable distance froni the ends thereof, and resting by upper terminalprojections or arms, b b, on the front and back of the fram'e.

D D are scantlings or strips arranged down and secured to theouter facesof the ends C C, at the terminal portions thereof, within the arms b b.

' E E are upper and lower metal hooks or staples arranged to passthrough the strips D D, overland under the upper and lower edges f ofthe back A and front B, and hooking over a compact space or compassunder cover, or

in a dry place, when not required for use, and it may as readily be puttogether again when required. rlhe frame accordingly is not only aknockdown one, but is also adjustable to any width of sash.

To prevent the staples E E from pulling or dropping out of their places,and so that they cannot be removed except by driving them out, the holesin the strips D D, through which the staples pass, are made oblique tothe faces of the ends C C, so that the staples occupy a slantingposition relatively to the frame, and form a more secure lock,when thesashes are in their place, than if said staples were entered A throughthe strips D D in parallel directions to the outer surfaces of the endsC C. Additional holes Z d may be made in the strips D D for the staplesE E, to provide for putting in narrower or wider boards for the purposeof giving the sash more or less pitch.

Fig. 3 of the drawings shows a hot-bed frame in which one frame is setup around another to give better` protection against frost to the plantsgrowing in the hot-bed. The inner frame has its front, back, and ends,B, A, and G, lconstructed substantially as hereinbefore described, andwith its iront and back boards y somewhat longer, as usual, than thecombined width of thesashes; but it is provided with double end boards CC within each end of the frame, at suitable distances apart to leavepack` ing-spaces@ e between such double ends. Outside of the front andback B A are also ar- `the same arrangement of scantlings or strips D Don the ends G C, are used in Fig. 3 as in IOC Figs. l and 2, to hold theinner and outer frames together, only that the staples will be requiredto be made somewhat longer, and the same facility is afforded forknocking down the frames and of adjusting the inner one to suitdifferent widths of sashes, as has already been explained with'reference to Figs. l and 2. In both modifications the ends C, as shownin Fig. 1i, are of like construction. The packing-spaces e c and g g ofthe double frame (shown in Fig. 8) may be packed with leaves, manure, orany other suitable material.

If desired, a board similar to the end boards C may be slipped downbetween the sashes about the middle of the frame by taking out the lowerstaples and then entering them again after said board is pushed down tokeep the frame in a firm and upright position, and so that nosuperincumbent weight to which the frame is subject will cause it tospread. rIhis will prevent the weight of the sashes, as is often thecase, causing the frame to spread and the sash to drop down inside theframe on the plants, which occasions considerable damage to the plantsgrowing in the bed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentl. A hot-bed or other like frame for plants, composedof a back, A, a-front, B, ends C C,

`provided with front and back up-and-down strips D D, and the hooks orstaples E E for holding the frame together, whereby the frame may notonly be readily knocked down and put together, but either end isadjustable along the front and back to accommodate different widths ornumbers of sashes, substantially as specified.

2. In ahot-bed or other 4like frame, the combination, with the frontandback B A, of the longitudinally-adjustable ends C C, having front andback uprights or strips, D D, and the hooksor staples E E, arranged topass obliquely through said strips relatively to the outer surfaces ofthe ends C C, for more securely holding the frame together, essentiallyas described.

3. A hot-bed frame in which are combined inner and outer framesconsisting of fronts and backs, A A B B, double adjustable ends C C,having outer uprights or strips, D D, hooks or staples E E for holdingthe frames together, and strips or laths ff between the two sets offronts and backs, substantially as and for the purpose` herein setforth.

JOI-IN ADAM TBACHT. litnesses z' S. G. GUMMINGs, H. J. Row.

